Garage



Jan. 18, 1927. 1,614,905

M. c. TUNISON GARAGE Filed July 26. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l N I;\'VENTOR A TTOR NE Y Jan. 18, 1927. 1,614,905

M. C. TUNISON GARAGE Filed July 264 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mumme fit/8,0776. 7007500 mama 1m. 1a, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IUBBLY C. ml, 01' IQOQ ANG ELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB TO THE mu m Q. TUI'IBOIL COIPOSED OI SAMUEL J. )IUNN AND MURRAY 0. TUNISON', OI

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Application filed July 2a, 192:. Serial 1T0. asap-rs.

. My invention relates to a garage in which automobiles may be stored or parked on a pluralit of floors. An 0 ject of the invention 1s to provide 6 a garage which will enable a large number of automobiles to be quickly placed therein or removed therefrom without necessitating the use of the power of the automobile.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gara e in which the automobiles may be placed 1n positions most advantageous for parking them in a minimum area, without re uirlng the use of a large amount of valuable flooring space for turnin them. The invention possesses other 0 'ects and features of advantage, some "of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred form of my invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the s cification. It is to be understood that I 0 not limit myself to the showing made .by the said drawings and descriptlon as I may adopt variations of the preierred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claims. f

Referring to said drawin Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the garage of my invention. :0 Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the garage. Figurev 3 is a plan of elevator platform used 1n the garage.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section of a slight- 1y modified form of the garage. I

Briefly expressed the garage in its preferred embodiment comprises a plurality of floors each of which is provided with a row of stalls at opposite sides of a shaft in which is mounted an elevator adapted to move horizontally as well as vertically. The flooring of the stalls slopesdownward from the passage, and the elevator is provided with a revoluble platform which is sloped similar to the stall flooring. Means are carried on the platform, which in conjunction with the sloping platform and floorm enable an operator to readily move, the

automobile into or out of their stalls as well as into or out of the arage buildin without using the ower o? the automob' e.

A detailed escription follows:

As illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings the garage comprises a rectangular structure 5 provided with any suitable number of floors 6. Extending centrally 'and longitudinally in the structure is a shaft or passage 7 which divides each floor into spaces suitable for subdivision into stalls 8. There is thus provided on each floor a row of stalls at opposite sides of the common passage 7. The stalls 8 are here shown divided by suitable partitions 9 but it is to be understood that the-term stall as here used is intended to include automobile parking spaces whether or not said spaces are actually separated by dividing means of one form or another.

Suitably su ported at the top of the shaft for horizonta movement from one end of the shaft to the other, is a carriage 12 from which is suspended an elevator 13. The lat-, ter is guided in its vertical movement. b means of a frame 14 which is fixed to an is supported by the carriage 12. Tiltin of the frame 14 is prevented by means 0 the cable'16 which passes over pulleys 15 and is fixed to the carriage and to the bottom of the frame in a manner that will cause all portions of both carriage and frame to move forward or backward simultaneously.

Mounted on the elevator for movement about a vertical axis is a revoluble platform 17 of sufficient size to allow an automobile to completely rest thereon. The platform is provided with inclined tracks 18 upon which the automobile is run when moved on or from the platform.

The flooring of the floors 6 is S10 (1 downward from the shaft 7 at an nclination preferably similar -to the tracks 18, and means are provided which in conjunction with the sloping tracks and the stall flooring will enable an operator to quickly and easil move the automobiles into or out of the uilding and into or out of the stalls,

without utilizin the power of the automobile. As here shown said means com rises a simple power-operated towing evice which is-carried directly on the revoluble platform of the elevator. The towing device is provided with a cable 19 wound on a drum 20 and equipped at its free end with a hook or other instrument .suitable for quick attachment to an automobile.

Theoperation of parking the automobile in the garage and its removal therefrom is as follows:

The automobile is arranged to enter the" ing 21, and the automobile then allowed to roll by gravity out through said opening.

In Figure 4, I have shown a slightly modified construction.

In this embodiment the plan of the building is square, and is congara e through the opening 21 formed i i\siderablysmaller than that of the structure the ront wall 22 of the building and leading directly to the ground floor. The carriage, at the time the automobile enters the garage, is positioned at the end of the shaft adjacent opening 21, and the elevator is disbile on the elevator.

posed at the ground floor, the platform thereof being turned so that the lower end of the tracks is adjacent the opening. The automobile may, if desirable, be moved through the opening 21 to the elevator on its own power, or it may be moved upon the elevator by use of the towing cable, however re ardless of the manner of moving the automo ile it may always be moved head first, thereby considerably facilitating the operation of properly placing the automo- After the automobile is positioned on the elevator, it may be securely retained thereon by means of a hin ed chuck 23 which is adapted to be remova bly positioned behind one of the rear wheels of. the automobile. With the auton'iobile thus firmly held, the elevator may be raised and the carriage IIIOX-Gd forward until the automobile is positioned opposite the stall in which the automobile is to be placed. The elevator platform is then-turned so that when the chuck is removed the automobile .due to the sloping platform and flooring,

will move backward until it rests entirely within'the stall. The elevator and carriage may then be withdrawn for use in connec-. tion with another automobile. -I have found that for various reasons it is practically impossible to properly attach a towing cable to the rear end of most automobiles. It is thus almost absolutely necessary that the front of the automobile face the towing device when it is desired to draw the automobile upon the elevator. Ordinarily the proper positioning of the automobile-for thus rendering the towing thereof practical, would necessitate a turning areaof such size as would be prohibitive. With the use however of the revoluble platform the automobile may with extreme case and readiness be placed in a stall at either side of the shaft with its front end facing, the shaft. Resting in its stall in this manner should it at any time be dcsire'dt-o remove the automobile therefrom, itis' merely necespreviously described. Furthermore the earriage is eliminated and the elevator is arranged centrally of the building.

I claim: a

1. In a garage, a plurality of floors having stalls at opposite sides of a shaft, an.

elevator in said shaft movable vertically' and horizontally relative to the stalls, and an inclined revoluble platform mounted in said elevator.

Q. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a row. of stalls at opposite sides of a shaft and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said shaft, an elevator movable vertically and horizontally in said shaft, and power operated means carried on said elevator for drawing an automobile from a stall to and upon said elevator.

3. In a garage, a plurality of floor-s each tor, and means carried on said revoluble,

platform for drawing an automobile there- 5. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a row of stalls on opposite sides of a shaft and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said shaft, a carriage supported at the top of said shaft and movable horizontally from one end thereof to the other, an elevator suspended from said carriage, a revoluble platform in said elevator having tracks inclined similar to the stall flooring, means carried on said platform for drawing an automobile thereupon, means for guiding said elevator in its vertical movement, and means for preventing the tilting of said guiding means.

6. In-a garage, a plurality of floors having stalls at the side of a shaft and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said shaft, an elevator in said shaft, and means carried on said elevator for drawing an automobile thereon from a stall 7. In a garage, a plurality of floors having rows of stalls at the side of a shaft, a carriage movable horizontally in said shaft, an

elevator mounted in said carriage, and means carried entirely by said carriage for drawing an automobile upon said elevator.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Oakland, California, this 27th day of March, 1922.

MURRAY C. TUNISON. 

